using teens to advocate vaccines

[Guest guest]

http://childrensvaccine.org/files/YouthAdvocates.pdf

Why YoungPeople?

There are many reasons to involve young people in immunization advocacy:

· Young people can be a tremendous resource for disseminating helpful

information about immunization to parents and other adults. For example,

in ethnically diverse communities and in immigrant families, children

sometimes translate important information for their elders.

· Teenagers may need vaccinations themselves. If they travel abroad, they

may need to be immunized against diseases not found at home.

· Young people often have younger brothers and sisters at home who need to

be vaccinated. If their parents don’t understand the benefits of immunization,

or are concerned about rumors or misinformation, youth advocates can help.

· They can channel energy into community health fairs and other educational

events.

· In some countries, youth volunteers can assist local health authorities with

immunization outreach.

· Finally, most kids will become parents someday and will have to ensure that

their own children are fully immunized.

This paper offers many practical ideas for involving young people in

immunization

advocacy, divided into age-appropriate sections.

Please take a few moments to see if some of the activities described in the

following pages might work with your youth group. Feel free to adapt them to

fit the local situation or your personal style. Good luck! Good luck! Good

luck! Good luck! Good luck!

[Guest guest]

I think I have my teen and the one that's older taught well!

I said in another post already---my teen has friends cropping up with strange

diseases (one now has been misdiagnosed!).....that seem to be caused by

vaxes! He was smart enough to figure that one out on his own......and I know

that he regularly gets on them about how they eat! I don't mean to sound

like he is perfect, but he does have enough knowledge to get after the girls

that try to starve themselves to skinniness, or eat powerless foods!

Ugh. I am so thankful that he has it all figured out for himself......he's

been saying for years that he will NEVER have his kids get any of the vaxes!

[Guest guest]

Well that is disgusting - sounds just like the young nazi groups.

Sheri

At 11:59 AM 03/27/2001 EST, you wrote:

>http://childrensvaccine.org/files/YouthAdvocates.pdf

>Why YoungPeople?

>There are many reasons to involve young people in immunization advocacy:

>· Young people can be a tremendous resource for disseminating helpful

>information about immunization to parents and other adults. For example,

>in ethnically diverse communities and in immigrant families, children

>sometimes translate important information for their elders.

>· Teenagers may need vaccinations themselves. If they travel abroad, they

>may need to be immunized against diseases not found at home.

>· Young people often have younger brothers and sisters at home who need to

>be vaccinated. If their parents don’t understand the benefits of

immunization,

>or are concerned about rumors or misinformation, youth advocates can help.

>· They can channel energy into community health fairs and other educational

>events.

>· In some countries, youth volunteers can assist local health authorities

with

>immunization outreach.

>· Finally, most kids will become parents someday and will have to ensure

that

>their own children are fully immunized.

>This paper offers many practical ideas for involving young people in

>immunization

>advocacy, divided into age-appropriate sections.

>Please take a few moments to see if some of the activities described in the

>following pages might work with your youth group. Feel free to adapt them to

>fit the local situation or your personal style. Good luck! Good luck! Good

>luck! Good luck! Good luck!

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